Vocabulary

Ballot: (1) The piece of paper used to vote.
(2) The act of voting.

Citizenship: Having the duties, rights, and privileges of being a citizen of a country.

Enfranchise: To give the rights of citizenship to a person or group of people, especially to give that group the right to vote.

Militant: (1) Fighting or making war.
(2) Aggressive or combative.

Municipal: Belonging to a city or town.

Petition: (1) An appeal, especially to a person or group in authority.
(2) A written document formally requesting a right or benefit from an authority or government.

Picket: A person or group of people standing outside a building to protest.

Provincial: (1) Relating to a province.
(2) Not sophisticated or worldly.

Suffrage: (1) The right to vote.
(2) The act of voting.